AI creates fake fingerprints that are so realistic they could hack into a THIRD of smartphones

Researchers have revealed a radical AI system that can create a'master key' for fingerprint, raising major questions over the security of phones and other devices that rely on them. Called'DeepMasterPrints' researchers - who created the fake prints using a neural network - were able to mimic more than one in five fingerprints using their technique. The team from New York University and Michigan State University behind the system told CNBC it could unlock a'reasonably large' number of phones -- just under a third. From unlocking smartphones to authorising payments, fingerprints are widely used to identify people. However, a team of researchers have now managed to accurately copy real fingerprints and created fake ones called'DeepMasterPrints' (pictured) Fingerprint systems do not generally read the entire fingerprint but just record whichever part of it touches the scanner first.